noun
Meaning 1
A person who studies cosmology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
cosmologist
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rhymes with -ɒlədʒɪst
noun
Meaning 2
an astronomer who studies the evolution and space-time relations of the universe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: astronomer, uranologist, stargazer
Narrower terms: Lemaitre, Georges Henri Lemaitre, Edouard Lemaitre
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English cosmology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English cosmologist From cosmology + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: cosmòleg — person who studies cosmology
- Chinese Mandarin: 宇宙学家 — person who studies cosmology
- Czech: kosmolog — person who studies cosmology
- Finnish: kosmologi — person who studies cosmology
- French: cosmologiste — person who studies cosmology
- German: Kosmologe — person who studies cosmology
- German: Kosmologin — person who studies cosmology
- Icelandic: heimsfræðingur — person who studies cosmology
- Persian: کیهانشناس (keyhânšenâs) — person who studies cosmology
- Polish: kosmolog — person who studies cosmology
- Spanish: cosmólogo — person who studies cosmology
- Swedish: kosmolog — person who studies cosmology
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